I am not complaining and I don't want to sound ignorant but I was wondering if I could get clarification or guidelines as to how titles are alphabetized when they have punctuation marks in them.

For instance, G.I. Joe comes up before Galactic Guardians - Star Wars is before Starblast, etc. Plus certain titles with a lot of sub-series seem haphazard to me. G. I. Joe vs the Transformers is ahead of G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero. I realize that the marks are ordered somehow, is there a framework I can look at? Are spaces counted as characters? I like the way numbers are treated, I've worked at places where 1st Issue Special would be filed under "F" for First, etc.

I know that I can organize my comics however I want but since I mostly use this site for selling I would like to keep my inventory as easy to access as possible. What I have been doing is alphabetizing without regard to spaces or punctuation marks.

To be clear, I am not criticizing, just looking for guidance.

Thanks!Howie

I have surpassed 700 Hero Ratings and have my sights set on 800!Thanks to all of my outstanding customers!I am now in the top 20 Stores by inventory and have started to consistently appear in the top 10 for volume of sales.I am always striving to improve my store and will continue to provide the high level of customer service that you are all used to.Hang on, it's going to be a great year!

I am not complaining and I don't want to sound ignorant but I was wondering if I could get clarification or guidelines as to how titles are alphabetized when they have punctuation marks in them.

For instance, G.I. Joe comes up before Galactic Guardians - Star Wars is before Starblast, etc. Plus certain titles with a lot of sub-series seem haphazard to me. G. I. Joe vs the Transformers is ahead of G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero. I realize that the marks are ordered somehow, is there a framework I can look at? Are spaces counted as characters? I like the way numbers are treated, I've worked at places where 1st Issue Special would be filed under "F" for First, etc.

I know that I can organize my comics however I want but since I mostly use this site for selling I would like to keep my inventory as easy to access as possible. What I have been doing is alphabetizing without regard to spaces or punctuation marks.

To be clear, I am not criticizing, just looking for guidance.

Thanks!Howie

Personally I would prefer if all punctuation and spacing were ignored, however that's not how CCL does it. A space counts as a character and it precedes the letter "A". I think that pretty much covers all your examples. Star space Wars comes before Starblast because a space comes before a "B". G.I. Joe VS... comes before G.I. Joe: A... because a "space" comes before a ":".

I don't use Excel so I'm not familiar with that. Does the period count as a space?

I have surpassed 700 Hero Ratings and have my sights set on 800!Thanks to all of my outstanding customers!I am now in the top 20 Stores by inventory and have started to consistently appear in the top 10 for volume of sales.I am always striving to improve my store and will continue to provide the high level of customer service that you are all used to.Hang on, it's going to be a great year!

It's not specific to Excel, it's Windows (and all modern computer operating systems) in general.Period counts as a period.Need help with a Change Request?Click here to contact an approver!Problems with CCL?Send an email right away (don't delay!) to helpdesk@comiccollectorlive.com615-264-4747Offices are open M-F 8am-5pm Central Time.You can also e-mail the Chief Brand Officer directly to try to resolve questions/stuff at steve@golocomedia.com for help with password resets, general customer service questions, store order resolution, credit card store updating, questions about comic books and CCL, etc...

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